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Slow Pitch Jigging Yellowfin Tuna | JohnnyJigs | Offshore Fishing
We headed offshore on the American Patriot for a 3 day long range Yellowfins Tuna trip. The big question for us is can a traditional slow pitch jigging set up handle a large yellowfin tuna. We came with the goal of getting this fish on a slow pitch outfit no matter how long it took. The trip was a success for the American Patriot and us as well. Our channel is dedicated to offshore fishing mainly slow pitch jigging. If you like this video please head over to our channel JohnnyJigs Tv and check out some more of our slow pitch jigging videos.
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@colehouston4720 3 жыл бұрын

Johnnys face when he said there catching swordfish lmao

@sergiorodriguez889 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome guys!! As a San Diego tuna guy, I love to see y'all doin the long-range thang🤙🤙❤️

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man thanks...🤙

@pescamarescaptainalex4457 3 жыл бұрын

Good job Jhonny great video !!! I now how much love and hour’s you working God will prosperity your life and Will and Chris and the how crew you guys are amazing people !!!! 👏👏👏👊

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Capt. Alex...Happy Easter my friend.......Johnny

@anthonyfoglio8749 3 жыл бұрын

You got Capt Mikey, man is a overnite legend up here in Nj/Ny

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

He definitely knows his stuff... I was great to pick his mind on big tunas and the gear used...

@davidshamah 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV him and his crew on the hunter are the best boat in brooklyn.

@CProFishingWithWayne 3 жыл бұрын

Love how you didn’t stick around for a pic with the YF on the troll. Took off to the front and the plan came together. I felt your excitement!! I need to come visit the store so you can set me up with all the right jigs for what I want to target. Tight lines

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Strike while the iron is hot...I was on a mission.😂 Definitely stop by Chris Will and I are there almost every day..Tight lines Cpro

@moleiroenterprise3599 3 жыл бұрын

Great job on them yellow Fins and controlling the crane lol.Awesome video guys.

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Moleiro🤙🤙The Crane🤣🤣He was a good sport about that.

@miguelhernandez72 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know what you guys were about until this video, and I'm sold. Totally the love group behind Johnny Jigs! Keep doing what you guys are doing, keep pushing this amazing technique. I've switched to mostly slow pitching jigging myself, and more people should experience the excitement of the hookset and fight with minimal gear. Johnny, I think you're totally right about the required gear. I just got back from Tortugas where I caught a 44 lb black with a Temple Reef g2, and the fight was under 2 minutes. On the other hand, a 60+ amberjack took me 18 minutes, but he was over 400 ft deep and I was tired from a big red from that same spot. I thought for sure those that a large grouper couldn't be caught on that gear. Now I'm just excited to hook a 60+!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Miguel, Thank you for taking the time to reach out. Congrats on your black. I caught a 38# amber jack on a Accurate Valiant 300 spj power 2 pro jigger over the weekend in 350' of water. I want to say it took around 5-10 minutes max. It wasn't on film so I couldn't tell exactly. I'm always amazed at what can be accomplished on such light gear. We are super fortunate and grateful to do what we do. I believe I speak for the whole team when I say Thank You and Jig On! ...Johnny

@davewatson3398 3 жыл бұрын

Good work John and Chris; what fun to knocking a couple yellow fin out. Have a trip out of Venice in June, may take some Johnny Jigs and my Temple Reef along now that I’ve seen you haul one in. 👍

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave...Venice is a special place for me...Its 100% possible. If you get into one of those big boys it may take a bit....Johnny

@briankogan6871 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny, love your content! I landed an 80-85 pound yellow fin in Baja on 30lb line and a saltiga 30ha. He almost spooled me and I fought him for 1hour and 45 min! He kicked my butt!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

30lb Test 😜Dude that's what I'm talking about..Johnny

@briankogan6871 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV can I email you a picture of it somewhere?

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome it's Info@johnnyjigs.com

@jimsheldon3738 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome,nice job Johnny!!!

@lionsdejudah 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are living the Dream! Men I got excited watching this, awesome Stuff! Ima try to plan a trip out there. Haha Will your always Chilling, your my future self...

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bowed Up...Will is notorious for waking up and hitting the rail just as the bite turns on...😂

@gkny4045 3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, we’ve been jigging tuna out of NY since the 80’s, but it was all slow pitch. Never burning it in. We also called it yo-yo jigging at the time. By the way - that is a sick boat.

@Kenmore320 3 жыл бұрын

45 lb long fin on a 6,000 spinner with chaos 200g speed jig rod 40lb braid 50lb floro. Lighter tackle is king

@robertfezekas6632 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the videos & tips! Ordered about 10 jigs from your website last night and they shipped today! That's whats up! Hoping to catch my first yellowfin out of Venice, La on one of them. I'll keep you updated!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rob..look forward to it...Tight Lines 🤙

@MikeTOrangeCounty 3 жыл бұрын

I have the same 600nn...can’t wait to use my 🔥FlattyJohnny Jigs🔥 to catch some yellowfin 🤙🏼🤙🏼

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Do it up bro🤙🤙Please take pictures.🎣🎣

@RicardoRodriguez-ks2dx 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome man! Very happy you caught your Yellowfin !

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro..

@JohnnyMahaney 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.....

@kevingreene6945 3 жыл бұрын

That was dam awesome nice yellow fin tuna on JIg

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin

@YakinwithJack 3 жыл бұрын

That was sick 🤙🏽

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack🤙

@ericancog4829 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Just got my temple reed SPJ rod this year, the Benny Ortiz version. Looking to try out SPJ for pelagics out here on the West coast. Got a 2 day trip coming up in a couple weeks. Theres good signs of some bluefin in the 1.5 day range. Hoping I score a bluefin on a SPJ set up. Your vieos have helped me learn so much about SPJ, cant wait to try it out here on the Pacific coast.

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome bro..that is a great head boat SPJ rod..would love to hear how you do on a bluefin...Good luck Eric...Johnny

@ScratchTillUDance 3 жыл бұрын

Great boat! good jobs guys!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you..

@chrissherman1727 3 жыл бұрын

Man that trip looked sick. I LOVE that watermelon torpedo you guys hooked me up with. I'll be by the store next week, looking to get some more at different weights. Can't wait for the rod to be back in stock too!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man!! Trip was awesome. See ya then...🤙🤙

@dennispenton6872 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Dying to go on that boat.

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis

@michaelclay7695 3 жыл бұрын

Legends

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@michaelclay7695 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV Np always

@kirkdavis2881 2 жыл бұрын

Usually use 65 or 80lb braid for the 70lb plus class fish. Plus up here you can hook a bigeye on a jig. 30 to 40lbers are fine on lighter tackle.

@rocknut88 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, I'm a smidge jealous we ain't got anything like that here in south carolina where I am.. but the reef donkeys are always a blast!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Dude jump on one of those trips. It's a blast for sure. AJ's are power houses and fun for sure...🤙

@rocknut88 3 жыл бұрын

Yea I've been thinking about it but I really cant afford it 700-800 for the trip plus the travel time and accommodations.. then there is the wife lol. Maybe one day!

@Wildlife_woo Жыл бұрын

I fish in the north east for bigger tunas and we use 65-80 p braid with 30-100 lb fluorocarbon . BUT AN OLD SCHOOL TRICK IS use pink ande line for deep dropping because it disappears after 30 ft

@kristians7377 3 жыл бұрын

C.H. Doyle with the subtle Zyn plug

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ahmadniki9142 3 жыл бұрын

Good 👍 mantap 🎣 salam dari Indonesia 🎣

@franciscocubano227 3 жыл бұрын

Waiting you guys restock the Jonny jigs slow pitch rod !!!!!!!

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! It could be as soon as the end of next week.......

@franciscocubano227 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV i will be looking 👀

@genemachinewalker 2 жыл бұрын

I live in SoCal and between 50-75 lbs it's fast to land yellowfin, but over a 100lbs it's getting really hard! Over 200lbs it's kicking your ass bad!

@JohnnyJigsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gene we are heading that way in April

@CharlesBlack1 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta get you guys up to NJ jigging some Monster Yellowfin! catching the XL tuna up to 140 lbs right now. I am using a Shimano trevala px jigging trigger rod with a Shimano speed master 12-II speed

@marshmallow220 2 жыл бұрын

After catching a bunch of them in costa rica i noticed the fish pushing 100 plus pounds the easy game really started to change they take really deep dives and if you cant get there head flipped your in for a fight,also you dont want to put heavy drag on these fish 20 lbs is what i was told not to go above do hook pulling out.That being said i'm fairly sure you could wack one up to 100 lbs on slow pitch fairly easily,after that i'm not so sure.The california long range guys or north eastern guys may already have done this on big tuna im curious myself on just how big a fish you can actually bring in on slow pitch gear.

@TackleAdvisors 3 жыл бұрын

I DID THE SAME THING! Still beating, blood coming down my face....by buddy almost puked. It didn't taste that bad though :)

@Captainpaulbtyhtr 3 жыл бұрын

Up to 200# on torsa 20 with 65 # braid and OMT Spanko jigs.

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Paul thank you for chiming in on that. I would love to get the conversation going.👍

@aatravels4750 3 жыл бұрын

My bluefin setup for the OBX would be my goto for targeting 100lb YFT. Jigging Master PE7 reel and a black hole 450g rod (80 or 100lb braid and the heaviest leader they will eat). Large YFT are pound for pound the best fighters out there.

@colbywoodward8812 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I have an acid wrapped BH450 blank that I reach for anytime I see YFT over 80#

@tDubz-bk4me 3 жыл бұрын

My first yellow was on a medium ugly stick with a 5000 reel with 30lb braid and 30lb fluorocarbon, took about 20 minutes to land, 31lbs, the biggest I've seen landed 56.5 lbs was on much heavier gear and took over a half an hour

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Tdubz Thanks bro..

@tDubz-bk4me 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV no worries. I've seen them come in quick also though, but likely a shark was chasing your fish up to the boat in my experience if you landed one that quickly

@ATC235 2 жыл бұрын

Spinning or conventional for jigging, can you do a video comparing. Thanks love the videos

@JohnnyJigsTV 2 жыл бұрын

I will take that into consideration. Thanks for the suggestion...

@johntuttle9544 3 жыл бұрын

About 40#. GJ.

@yellowfin6183 3 жыл бұрын

When is the new 9 1/2 foot rod going to be available

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hey John we have the blanks in and should be offering them by summer time if not sooner. BTY good eye you picked up on something really cool.

@yellowfin6183 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV reserve 2 for me please... gonna check out your new store next week

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

NP will do..

@w.a.2791 3 жыл бұрын

Wait what!? 9 1/2 rod? For long fall I'm guessing? Sign me up!

@BucktailBob 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Here in NJ we vertical jig bluefin from 40-80 lbs with 65 lb braid on reels as small as a Shimano torium 16. From watching your videos I see you generally use much lighter braid for slow pitch. I’m putting together an outfit for slow pitch tuna here. So far I’ve got a Saltiga 15 with 330 yards of 30 lb J-braid. I’m thinking this may be too light, but still gonna try it. What rod, reel and pound test line were you using on that yellowfin? Thanks, Bob

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Bob I love the info man Thank You. I was using 40lb yo-zuri super braid with 12' of 50lb fluorocarbon top shot. For this trip instead of using a FG knot I went with a PR for the strength. My assist hooks were Gamakatsu 620 single assist one on top and one on the bottom for the reasons that they are super strong hooks and lessened my chances of snagging a large fish making it more likely to have a successful fight. I also used a Accurate Valiant 600nn. If by the chance I did get into the 100lb class fish I'm confident I had some great stomping power but also had the line capacity to break the will of the fish if needed. Not fishing in heavy current or great depths allowed me to bump my line up from my usual 30lb test to 40lb and stay vertical for a reasonable amount of time. Thank you for your comment and I would love to hear some feedback as you get into those large tunas on SPJ outfits....Johnny

@jayzhou104 3 жыл бұрын

Japanese said choose your tackle based on the depth and conditions, not on the size of the fish 😝

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed...😉

@homerhiers6086 2 жыл бұрын

I landed my first yellowfin off of Charleston SC on a Gosa 6000 with 30lb braid FG'd to 60lb fluro leader on a 8ft medium heavy Tallus PX. Took close to 15 minutes to bring him in. 55lbs. This wasn't jigging though, caught him on a flatline at night

@briankogan6871 3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys can you recommend a charter at maybe Hillsboro inlet: I am heading to south Florida for my birthday to see my pops. I really want to go fish with a good charter.

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Try my Friend Alex from Pesca Mares Charter hit him up on Instagram @pesca_mares_capt_alex_

@JebusCrist 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve caught some 10lb+ Bonita on a 5000 stratic

@mrguppy1016 3 жыл бұрын

3:00 That song is dope What’s the name of it please Great clip guys

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

I purchased it from royalty free music. I will have to look it up for you. I spend hours going through music to try and match them to the video. Because KZfaq has strict rules on music it forced me to check out alot music that is not on the radio in the process I have found some really great artists and songs that should be popular but are not. Thanks Johnny

@B-kl8vj 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Planning on ordering a rod from your site for Pacific North West for salmon, lingcod and rockfish. Which rod were you using in the video?

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bk that was a Pro Jigger power 3

@B-kl8vj 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV Thank you.

@earlwarrington8636 2 жыл бұрын

I got the latest technolagy to catch yelowfin....and its very cheap🙈🙈

@defmud80 3 жыл бұрын

So I have a buddy that wants a slow pitch for big tuna. What rating could you use for that? 50-100lb bluefin is what he's looking for

@paidslave1217 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a auto-like setting? LOL

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me you watched it to the end.....😂

@darenleeper1644 3 жыл бұрын

I dont think there is

@jerrymenard5654 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny, what color and size jig did he eat? I'm from southern Louisiana not far from Venice and we have been catching big ones on some lumps just east of Venice lately with tons of chum but I'd like to throw these jigs at the Yellowfin at our floating drilling rigs off our coast during the summer time at night. Have lots of success throwing just regular butterfly jigs in a glow color but mostly just catching blackfin in the upper water column then sending that blackfin back down for his bigger cousin. Would also like to try out a variety of your products at our shallower rigs just off the shelf for snapper and grouper. Thanks

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jerry, I was using the Watermelon Torpedo jig. This jig gets down fast and can possibly get you past the neighbors tuna (blackfin) into its more delicious cousin. That is my theory!! I have fished Venice a few times and have had great success Slow Jigging the oil rigs. Venice Louisiana is a special place for me..🤙

@jerrymenard5654 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV roger that. Thanks for the timely reply!

@duawarna6298 3 жыл бұрын

Go to Indonesia.... YFT MAN

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

Dua if was a rich man I would be there in a second...🤙😍Indonesia

@civic30045 2 жыл бұрын

How much line do you spool your reels for slow pitching tuna ? I do live In New Jersey what would recommend for this area

@JohnnyJigsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sid, I spool my reels to the top. For the tunas up there I would consider using a large class SPJ reel and Pack it with a min of 450-500yrds of 40# braid. Fill it to the top so you maintain as much retrieval as possible.

@hungslowjigging2462 3 жыл бұрын

Vietnmese very good

@bunsguns8222 3 жыл бұрын

What jig for albacore on the west coast?

@defmud80 3 жыл бұрын

Does a power rating of 3 mean PE 3 or is it referencing something else? Thanks

@JohnnyJigsTV 3 жыл бұрын

It's referring to the suggested gram size of a jig. Although I could have used a power 2 I opted to go with the 3 for a more punchy action. I found the faster movement attract tunas.

@defmud80 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV ok got it. What pound test braid do you end up using on a power 3 rod?

@endgamefishing1558 2 жыл бұрын

Might be a dumb question but what is the Canaveral bouy? Is it the bouy offshore of port Canaveral Florida?

@JohnnyJigsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is correct

@endgamefishing1558 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV that’s crazy, I thought you said the other side of Gulf Stream. The Canaveral bouy isn’t that far offshore and didn’t know people get tunas out there. Also been on your website everyday building a jig list to buy.

@endgamefishing1558 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJigsTV maybe there is more than one out there off Canaveral..lol idk but that video was epic and glad you got a yellow on the jig..I’m building my collection for chartering and hopefully putting some people on fish soon.

@markneathway5629 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was for the space side of canaveral to monitor weather conditions when they used to launch space rockets